Evolutionary mechanics: New engineering principles for the emergence of flexibility in a dynamic and uncertain world

Natural Computing

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 431-448

  Whitacre, James M ^a   Rohlfshagen, Philipp ^b   Bender, Axel ^c   Yao, Xin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Complex systems engineering; Degeneracy; Dynamic capabilities; Dynamic optimization; Evolvability; Redundancy; Robustness; Strategic planning

Indexed keywords

DEGENERACY; DESIGN ADAPTATIONS; DESIGN PRINCIPLES; DISTRIBUTED DECISION MAKING; DYNAMIC CAPABILITIES; DYNAMIC OPTIMIZATION; ENGINEERED SYSTEMS; ENGINEERING DESIGN; ENGINEERING PRINCIPLES; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EVOLVABILITY; FASTER RATES; LONG TERM PERFORMANCE; MULTI-FUNCTIONAL; ROBUST SYSTEMS; TRANSPORTATION VEHICLES;

DECISION MAKING; DESIGN; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; REDUNDANCY; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); STRATEGIC PLANNING;

FLEET OPERATIONS;

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONFERENCE PAPER; COST; DECISION MAKING; ENGINEERING; MOTOR VEHICLE; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; STRATEGIC PLANNING; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

EID: 84870838646     PISSN: 15677818     EISSN: 15729796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11047-011-9296-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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